hungryI realized tonight that one of the benefits of my recent cleanse is the fact that I have not been crazy voraciously hungry since working out. Normally I am ready to eat the fridge clean as a whistle after a week of regular work outs.... I am eating pretty much whatever I want... Instead of giving up good tasting food I have eaten a bit more rounded diet incorporating more fruits and vegetables (in place of things like chips) while cutting out most caffeine (AKA Mountain dew and most chocolate). Also thanks to the cleanse I am able to control my portions much better and am not insanely craving those items. Yay me!
PS... I did 30 minutes on the treadmill at a speed of 1.8 and an incline of 12. By amping up the incline and slowing down I was able to make the workout more effective while lowering my heart rate somewhat. My heart rate was shooting up to the 150's the minute I got going really good (I think that's why the reclining cycle monitor said I was in very poor condition even though it thought I wasn't working very hard. It was wrong... I thought it was very hard work. I know I'm out of shape! 
dont be mean to me! I'm working on it you stinky machine.)
I also did 20 minutes on the elliptical (it's really growing on me... I did the first 15 minutes regular and the last 5 I went backwards!!! Woof! Holy crap. Now that was a workout!
I wrapped it up by using this upper body torso machine that had me pedaling (?) with my arms for 10 minutes on a level 5... Not bad at all. We'll see what I say about all this tomorrow when any soreness kicks in. LOL
Any advice on what heart rate I should be shooting for? The monitors on the machines say to shoot for a lower heart rate for weight loss and mid-higher for Cardio but they don't say anything about a rate over 155 to 160 or more. I don't want to give myself a heart attack here but I still want to get really fit and I feel like that requires that I challenge myself.
I am 5 foot tall. I weigh 193 Lbs and am 34 years old. All the monitors ask my age and weight but not my height and I think that should be considered a factor! A woman 6 feet tall and that weight isn't in nearly as bad of shape as me!
